What year and day did Typhoon Hato occur?

Typhoon Hato occurred on August 20, 2017.

Typhoon Hato was determined to have formed in the northwest Pacific Ocean at 14:00 on August 20, 2017. Since then, its intensity has continued to increase, and it was upgraded to typhoon level on August 22, and then to severe typhoon level on August 23. It jumped two levels in a day, with the strongest reaching level 15, 48 meters/second (best path It was upgraded to super typhoon level, level 16, 52 meters/second).

It was later deemed to have landed in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China as a severe typhoon (level 14, 45 meters/second) by the Central Meteorological Observatory at around 12:50 on the 23rd, and was later downgraded at 14:00 on the 24th. It was a tropical depression and was finally denumbered at 17:00.

Typhoon Hato caused the Central Meteorological Observatory to issue the first typhoon red warning signal in 2017. The Hong Kong and Macao Meteorological Departments issued hurricane signal No. 10, and the landfall coincided with the astronomical tide, bringing severe consequences to Zhuhai, Hong Kong, Macau and other regions. Major damage.

The origin of the name of Typhoon Hato:

In mid-December 2011, Typhoon No. 21 Hato hit the Mindanao region of the Philippines. The floods caused by it caused more than 100,000 deaths in the area. 1,000 people died, and the Philippine Meteorological Department proposed to permanently remove the name "Skyhawk" at the 44th annual meeting of the Typhoon Committee in early 2012.

At the 2012 meeting, the Typhoon Committee decided to use the name "Hato" provided by Japan as the alternative name for Skyhawk. The meaning of the name is Columba, which is a constellation located south of Lepus. , which also continues Japan’s habit of naming typhoons with constellation names.

This is the first time that the name "Hato" has been used. However, the name "Hato" has only been used once this time, that is, from February 28 to March 2018 because it caused serious disasters in South China. He was permanently removed from the Typhoon Committee at the 50th annual meeting of the Typhoon Committee held in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 3.

It became the fourth substitute name to be retired after "Morak", "Vanyabi" and "Rainbow", and the second one after "Vanyabi" to be used only once. The substitute name of "Hato" was retired, and the substitute name of "Hato" was "Lynx".

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Typhoon Hato